The Incomparable Atuk (New Canadian Library) - Softcover

Richler, Mordecai

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0771099738 ISBN 13: 9780771099731

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1989

Synopsis

Transplanted to Toronto from his native Baffin Island, Atuk the poet is an unlikely overnight success. Eagerly adapting to a society steeped in pretension, bigotry, and greed, Atuk soon abandons the literary life in favour of more lucrative - and hazardous - schemes.

Richler's hilarious and devastating satire lampoons the self-deceptions of "the Canadian identity" and derides the hypocrisy of a nation that seeks cultural independence by slavishly pursuing the American dream.

About this title

About the Author:

Mordecai Richler was born in Montreal in 1931. The author of ten successful novels, numerous screenplays, and several books of non-fiction, his novel, Barney's Version, was an acclaimed bestseller and the winner of The Giller Prize, the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour, the QSpell Award, and the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Novel in the Caribbean and Canada region. Richler also won two Governor General's Awards and was shortlisted twice for the Booker Prize.

Mordecai Richler died in Montreal in July 2001.

From the Back Cover:

Transplanted to Toronto from his native Baffin Island, Atuk the poet is an unlikely overnight success. Eagerly adapting to a society steeped in pretension, bigotry, and greed, Atuk soon abandons the literary life in favour of more lucrative and hazardous schemes.

About this edition

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc.
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0771099738
• ISBN 13: 9780771099731
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 192